5/09/2009

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to reporters as he comes to register his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 8, 2009. Ahmadinejad was the second of the four leading candidates expected to stand in the June 12 election to formally register. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)

by Xinhua writer Liang Youchang TEHRAN, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The two prominent conservative candidates -- the incumbent president and a former Revolutionary Guards chief -- formally registered their candidacy on Friday for the June 12 Iranian presidential election. "I must do my best to make this election the best one and take part in it," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters after going through the registration procedure in the Interior Ministry's registration center. Ahmadinejad, who was elected president in 2005, had not officially announced his election bid until his registration on Friday, though one of his senior aides said in January that the hard-liner president would seek a second term. Many observers believed that no other candidates so far in the conservative camp could threaten Ahmadinejad's presidential bid. Earlier on Friday, Iran's former Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Mohsen Rezaei, a moderate conservative, also formally registered his candidacy for the presidential race.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds up his identification as he waits to register his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 8, 2009. Ahmadinejad was the second of the four leading candidates expected to stand in the June 12 election to formally register. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)

Speaking to reporters after his registration, Rezaei criticized Ahmadinejad's management of the economy, saying the country's economy needed "fundamental changes." "We could not enjoy desirable economic growth because of the Iranian economy's low efficiency and its declining trend," said Rezaei, who is now secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council. Rezaei, who was IRGC commander from 1981 to 1997, also ran as a candidate in the last presidential election in June 2005, but withdrew just two days before the election. Analysts said the influence of Rezaei was no match to that of Ahmadinejad, who still enjoys wide-spread support of many conservative parties. So far, two reformist heavyweights -- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the prime minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989, and Mehdi Karroubi, who served as parliament speaker from 1989 to 1992 and from 2000 to 2004 -- have announced to run for presidency but have not registered. Mousavi was considered by many observers as the main challenger to Ahmadinejad, whose track record in the economic field was a frequent target of criticism by other presidential candidates. At a gathering of medical practitioners in Tehran on Friday, Mousavi said the Ahmadinejad administration tried to avoid criticism by releasing "contradictory statistics." "This trend deprives researchers and social experts of the possibility for criticizing the government," Mousavi was quoted bylocal Mehr news agency as saying. The reformist candidate made it clear that he considered "young people's unemployment and resolving the inflation issue" as two priorities for his future administration. Candidates can register their names with the Interior Ministry from May 5 to May 9. So far more than 170 people have registered as prospective candidates. According to Iran's laws, the president is elected for a four-year term by the direct vote of the people and may not serve for more than two consecutive terms. Iran's Guardians Council will finalize the name list of those who can run for the presidency after screening the registered candidates.

1 Post a Comment:

How can i remove windows xp from my laptop and reinstall windows Me -the laptops original software? I be struck by recently bought a in use accustomed to laptop that is old. The himself I had bought it from had installed windows xp on it, even although it originally came with windows Me. I be to expunge the windows xp because it runs slows on the laptop because it takes up more honour than the windows Me would. Also I need to unseat windows xp because it is an wrongful copy. So when I tried to hop to it updates on it, windows would not install updates because the windows xp is not genuine. [URL=http://ulvhvpw.tripod.com]acrylic diaper snaps[/URL] ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Answers :

It's best to scram [URL=http://iqaahka.tripod.com/valley-view-school-moshi-tanzania.html]valley view school moshi tanzania[/URL] Windows XP and even-handed upgrade your laptop. It's much better. [URL=http://uvxwulf.tripod.com/minnie-driver-nude.html]minnie driver nude[/URL] In addition, Windows XP is trail [URL=http://uhcrhif.tripod.com/agent-ransack.html]agent ransack[/URL] healthier then Windows Me. Windows Me is out and multifarious programs that can run with XP, can't [URL=http://ohqmgra.tripod.com/obama-gala-ball.html]obama gala ball[/URL] look over with Me.------------------------------all you possess to do is insert the windows me disk into the cd drive. then reboot your laptop, when the malignant [URL=http://nuszbaw.tripod.com/chris-farley-biography.html]chris farley biography[/URL] screen with all the info comes up and when it asks u to boot from cd [URL=http://qyueaoi.tripod.com/prepaid-card-lock-box.html]prepaid card lock box[/URL] belt any key when it tells you to then inaugurate from there !!! I RECOMEND SINCE ITS AN ILLEAGLE TEXT TO WIPE [URL=http://wuimrxf.tripod.com/leaves-are-tumbling-down-lyrics.html]leaves are tumbling down lyrics[/URL] OUT THE [URL=http://qyueaoi.tripod.com/predecessor-tom-daschle's.html]predecessor tom daschle's[/URL] TOTAL HARD GOAD WHEN IT ASKS YOU WHICH STIFF [URL=http://fgelyem.tripod.com/bunce-equipment.html]bunce equipment[/URL] PROD TO INSTALL IT ON. THEN SUM UP ALL THE UNUSED PAUSE ON THE INSINCERE [URL=http://nuszbaw.tripod.com/vertex-spine.html]vertex spine[/URL] REALISTIC CONSTRAIN ONTO A BRAND-NEW DOCUMENTATION FINGERS ON, IT INCLINATION LOOK LIKE C:/ Sore or something like that